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Modern period, c 1500 onwards

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Modern period, c 1500 onwards

Paperback. A portrait of high society in the twentieth century, told through the stories of the guests of Maxine Elliott and Prince Aly Khan at the Chateau de l'Horizon in Cannes. Num Pages: 432 pages, 16pp colour photos. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JJ; BK; HBJD; HBLW; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 126. .
Publisher
Abacus
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9780349139890
ISBN
9780349139890
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.88

Paperback. Lovell presents the epic story of one of England's greatest families, focusing on the towering figure of Winston Churchill. Num Pages: 672 pages, 32 pages of illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3J; HBJD1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 139 x 35. Weight in Grams: 500.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
WW Norton & Co United States
Number of pages
672
Condition
New
SKU
V9780393342253
ISBN
9780393342253
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 19.83

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
W. W. Norton & Company
Edition
Reprint
Number of pages
640
Condition
New
SKU
V9780393324143
ISBN
9780393324143
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 22.63

Paperback. Born in Jedburgh in 1780, Mary Fairfax was the daughter of one of Nelson's captains, she taught herself algebra in secret, and made her reputation in celestial mechanics with her 1831 translation of Laplace's Mecanique celeste as The Mechanism of the Heavens. This title tells her story. Num Pages: 480 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JH; BGH; PB; PDX; PGC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 198 x 127 x 30. Weight in Grams: 388.
Publisher
Canongate Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9781841951362
ISBN
9781841951362
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 13.73

Hardcover. Illustrator(s): Cannell, Jon. Num Pages: 32 pages, full colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 1HBE; 3JH; YNH; YNNR. Category: (J) Children / Juvenile. Dimension: 286 x 228 x 11. Weight in Grams: 486.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Marshall Cavendish United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
32
Condition
New
SKU
V9780761455950
ISBN
9780761455950
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 17.81

Hardcover. Gathers 142 letters written by Mary Telfair of Savannah to her best friend Mary Few of New York. Telfair was born in 1791 to a wealthy, slaveholding family. Few, born in 1790, moved with her family from Savannah to New York in 1799. Self-exiled because of their antislavery views, the Fews never returned Georgia yet remained close to the Telfairs. Editor(s): Wood, Betty. Series: Southern Texts Society. Num Pages: 408 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; 1KBBFG; 3JH; BGH; BJ; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 156 x 29. Weight in Grams: 689.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
University of Georgia Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780820329208
ISBN
9780820329208
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 63.66

Paperback. Self-styled adventurer, literary wit, and statesman of science, Pierre-Louis Moreau de Maupertuis stood at the center of Enlightenment science and culture. This work offers a portrait of this man, revealing how his private life and public works made him a man of science in eighteenth-century Europe. Num Pages: 468 pages, 25 halftones. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JF; BGT; PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 231 x 185 x 23. Weight in Grams: 546.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
New ed
Number of pages
468
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226793610
ISBN
9780226793610
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 47.99
€ 37.06

Paperback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 292 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; 3JB; DSBD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 399.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
292
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691605098
ISBN
9780691605098
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 54.99
€ 39.56

Paperback. In the summer of 1909, the gruesome murder of nineteen-year-old Elsie Sigel sent shock waves through New York City and the nation at large. Through the lens of this unsolved murder, this work offers a snapshot of social and sexual relations between Chinese and non-Chinese populations in turn-of-the-century New York City. Num Pages: 320 pages, 23 halftones. 4 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; 3JJC; HBJK; HBLW; JFSL1; JKV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 485.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Edition
Second Printing
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691130484
ISBN
9780691130484
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 43.99
€ 31.03

Paperback. Uncovers the voices of working-class women, active in the Communist Party, USA, in order to examine how these individuals confronted the tensions between their roles as workers, wives, mothers, and consumers. This work details the strategies used by women to argue for their rights as workers in the paid labor force and as caregivers in the home. Num Pages: 200 pages, 9 photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJG; HBTB; JFSJ1. Category: (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 230 x 154 x 14. Weight in Grams: 277.
Publisher
University of Illinois Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780252073915
ISBN
9780252073915
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 27.31

Hardback. Follows Washington and his family over generations, situating the author's inquiry in the context of new work on the place of religion in colonial and postrevolutionary Virginia and the Chesapeake. This title considers Washington's active participation as a vestryman and church warden and a generous donor to his parish prior to the Revolution. Num Pages: 264 pages, 10 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JF; HBJK; HBLL; HRCC2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 562.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
University of Virginia Press United States
Number of pages
264
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813927633
ISBN
9780813927633
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 46.52

Hardcover. During the Elizabethan era, writers such as Shakespeare, Spenser, Sidney, Daniel, and others frequently expounded on mercy, exploring the sources and outcomes of clemency. This fresh reading of such depictions shows that the concept of mercy was a contested one, directly shaped by tensions over the exercise of judgment by a woman on the throne. Series: Queenship and Power. Num Pages: 238 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 2AB; 3JB; DSBD; HBJD1; HBTB; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 151 x 217 x 19. Weight in Grams: 424.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137371744
ISBN
9781137371744
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 63.63

Paperback. Num Pages: 368 pages, 28 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJPG; HBJK; HBLW3; JFC; JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152. .
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
368
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231152716
ISBN
9780231152716
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 22.15

Hardback. Num Pages: 368 pages, 28 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJPG; JFC; JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 154 x 27. Weight in Grams: 654.
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
352
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231152709
ISBN
9780231152709
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 53.49
€ 42.28

Hardcover. The strength of the government of Devon in the early seventeenth century lay in the quality of its leaders. They ruled together in harmony, free from rivalries, the influence of any powerful resident nobles and saved from religious conflicts. This book emphasizes this strength through a series of biographical studies. Num Pages: 320 pages, 8 halftones, 4 maps. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3JD; BGH; HBJD1; HBLH; JFSC; JPR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 242 x 163 x 25. Weight in Grams: 712.
Publisher
University of Exeter Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1997
Edition
First edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780859895132
ISBN
9780859895132
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 138.97

Paperback. Letters written during a short residence in Sweden, Norway, and Denmark (1796) is both an arresting travel book and a personal memoir. In it Wollstonecraft describes the sublime landscape and the events and people she encounters. This edition includes reviews, additional letters, and documents on the background to the journey. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 240 pages, one map. BIC Classification: 1DND; 1DNN; 1DNS; 3JF; BJ; WTLC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 129 x 15. Weight in Grams: 178.
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
240
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199230631
ISBN
9780199230631
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.81

Paperback. Series: The Breckton Novels. Num Pages: 432 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKEYK; 3JJC; FRH; FT; FV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130. .
Publisher
Pan Macmillan
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
Main Market Ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9781447267461
ISBN
9781447267461
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.22

Paperback. German history films that focus on utopianism and political dissent and their effect on German identity since 1989. Series: Studies in German Literature, Linguistics, and Culture. Num Pages: 350 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JJP; APFA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 154 x 22. Weight in Grams: 532.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Camden House
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781571135964
ISBN
9781571135964
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 52.99
€ 50.25

Paperback. This detailed but highly readable ethnohistory shows how a pluralistic medical system evolved among Canada's most populous Aboriginal population. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBC; 3JJ; HBTQ; HBTR; JFSL9; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 20. Weight in Grams: 386.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
University of British Columbia Press Canada
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9780774806787
ISBN
9780774806787
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 36.10

Hardback. The Great War tore Europe apart, killing over 35 million men and challenging the notion of heroism. Air and Sea Power in World War I focuses on the experience of World War I from the perspective of pilots and sailors,to demonstrate that the army-centric view of war studies has been too limited. Num Pages: 320 pages, 8 bw integrated illustrations, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJF; HBJD; HBLW; HBWN; JWF; JWG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 221 x 145 x 26. Weight in Grams: 470.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Number of pages
320
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9781780761510
ISBN
9781780761510
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 142.64
€ 126.76

Series: Topics in Kentucky History. Num Pages: 232 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBSK; 3JH; 3JJ; BGH; HBJK; HBTB; JHBK5. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 499.
Publication date
2014
Publisher
The University Press of Kentucky United States
Number of pages
232
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813147062
ISBN
9780813147062
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 36.51

Paperback. Series: Topics in Kentucky History. Num Pages: 232 pages, 39 black & white photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBBSK; 3JH; 3JJ; BGF; HBTB; JFMX; WSNB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 155 x 229 x 16. Weight in Grams: 346.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
The University Press of Kentucky
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813168449
ISBN
9780813168449
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 28.70

Paperback. Num Pages: 344 pages, 27 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 1KBB; 3JJP; 3JM; HBJF; HBLW3; HBLX; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 153 x 27. Weight in Grams: 462.
Publisher
Columbia University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
With a new preface
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231138918
ISBN
9780231138918
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 22.28

In 1995, an Okinawan schoolgirl was raped by several US servicemen. Reaction to the crime culminated in a rally attended by some 85,000 people. Using this event as a point of reference, this book explores how Okinawans began to regard themselves as a confident citizenry embracing ideals of democracy, human rights, and women's equality. Num Pages: 344 pages, 27 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 3JJP; HBTQ; HBTR; JHMC; JPW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 590.
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Edition
With a new preface
Number of pages
344
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231138901
ISBN
9780231138901
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 95.15

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